Jun 12, 12 at 12:56pmRabidChinaGirl

Diablo 3 Real Money Auction House is up, bids already exceeding $200

If you've been sitting around aching for a reason to toss your money away, Blizzard is happy to oblige with Diablo III's RMAH. That's right, Diablo addicts, the Real Money Auction House has gone live, and your fellow players are already scrambling to spend their real cash on legendary in-game goodies.

The current trend seems to be items priced around $30 to $40 with max buyouts of $250. Is your wallet starting to feel lighter yet?

As the image above confirms, folks are entirely willing to pay unreasonable prices (to no one's surprise). One player's screencap of his Battle.net transaction history shows he's already loaded his account with $2,000 in preparation.

Every transaction has a modest $1.00 fee attached, but Blizzard does take a 15 percent cut when you transfer funds from the game to PayPal. This rings true for weapons, armor, and other equipment, while commodities like gems, mats, recipes, and dyes carry a 15 percent transaction fee in addition to the transfer fee. Can you say ka-ching?

We're also hearing through the Diablo grapevine that one million gold is going for roughly $2.50 USD right now.

Thread Recap (last 10 posts from newest to oldest)

Jun 29, 12 at 7:27am

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Jun 22, 12 at 1:44am

LloydToS

quote lol

ill get no job , get pc + internet + diablo farm till my head explode and live happily ever after? get fancy cars and stuff .. ^^v if people would actually pay this much of money on a game

I can already tell you now that isn't going to work. This game won't last forever and most prices have already dropped quite a bit. People just bought overpriced items when it just got released, although it is still happening it's too unreliable to make much money.

Jun 21, 12 at 10:46pm

lol

ill get no job , get pc + internet + diablo farm till my head explode and live happily ever after? get fancy cars and stuff .. ^^v if people would actually pay this much of money on a game

Jun 13, 12 at 10:47pm

xXCommonXx

Anyone who wastes 250$ on a in-game item is *bleep*ed when new "uber" weapons come out. Heck, one of my friends spent 100$, I knocked him out and gave him my piss saying it was lemonade, when he got that face I may have hit it over >:3

Jun 13, 12 at 9:02pm

markwilkinsphoto

I'd like to see how crazy things would get if the AH in WOW went paypal linked for real cash. Maybe Blizz is testing this out before Panderia?

Jun 13, 12 at 8:45pm

markwilkinsphoto

I like Shadow Of Deaths idea....sell enough to make back what you spent buying the game. Im sure the prices will settle...with every WOW expansion..the AH is insane at first.....so Im sure things will drop waaay down. But hey...if I spend a few months playing the game and it ends up being free....I can live with that.

Jun 13, 12 at 4:22pm

ezekyb

what an ass cleaner whats that suppossed to mean

Jun 13, 12 at 3:55pm

Hi

Ezekyb, spend it on a cleaner ass you twat

Jun 13, 12 at 3:20pm

ezekyb

i know right i know got like 30 people on 1 bet 90000 dollars what should i spend it on

Jun 13, 12 at 3:05pm

bluexy

You make that money ezekyb. You make it and spend it on something fabulous.